Orangutan (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Orangutan

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In the Malay language, orang-utan means "man of the forest." Washington University scientists led an international project to sequence the orangutan genome. The work is expected to aid conservation efforts and the study of human evolution.

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Perry van Duijnhoven/Carel van Schaik

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